. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 230 SCOLOPACIDiE : SNIPE, ETC. Sanderling is only known to nest in high latitudes. This seems to be a case like that of our other Sand- pipers, stragglers of nearly or quite all of which may be found along our coast in sum- mer, though not breeding within our limits. The pres- ent species is extremely abun- dant on the pebbly and sandy beaches in the autumn, be- coming numerous in Septem- ber, and so continuing. Fig. so. - -Foot of Sanderling. Natural size. through
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 230 SCOLOPACIDiE : SNIPE, ETC. Sanderling is only known to nest in high latitudes. This seems to be a case like that of our other Sand- pipers, stragglers of nearly or quite all of which may be found along our coast in sum- mer, though not breeding within our limits. The pres- ent species is extremely abun- dant on the pebbly and sandy beaches in the autumn, be- coming numerous in Septem- ber, and so continuing. Fig. so. - -Foot of Sanderling. Natural size. through the following month. GREAT MARBLED GODWIT. LiMOSA FCEDA (Z.) Ord. Chars. Feathers not extending on side of lower mandible far beyond those on upper. No white anywhere ; rump, tail and its coverts barred throughout with blackish and the body-color. Lining of wings and axillars chestnut, more or less barred with black. General color rufous or light dull cinnamon-red, nearly uniform on the under parts, richer on lining of the wings, on the whole upper parts variegated with the brownish-black field of each feather, the blackish predominating, leaving the rufous chiefly as scollops and tippings of the feathers. Bill livid flesh-color, blackish on about the terminal third; feet ashy-blackish. Length, ; extent, ; wing somewhere about , bill, 50, generally about ; tarsus about This is the largest of the " Bay-birds," excepting the great Curlew, and no less conspicuous by its reddish ''color-line" than by its size. It may easily be dis-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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